{"id":1360,"date":"2024-10-09T16:34:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T21:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/rbml\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2025-06-24T11:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:58:19","slug":"in-step-with-the-hawkeye-marching-band-headliners-and-collaborations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/rbml\/2024\/10\/09\/in-step-with-the-hawkeye-marching-band-headliners-and-collaborations\/","title":{"rendered":"In step with the Hawkeye Marching Band: headliners and collaborations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Is adding collaborators or guest performers to a Hawkeye Marching Band (HMB) halftime show one step too far? Can there be too much of a good thing? The HMB has always had a collaborative streak in its DNA, from its longtime association with the Scottish Highlanders to several impressive performers and conductors. Here are a few examples of how the HMB has invited other teams and performers into Kinnick Stadium and helped the rafters ring just a bit louder than usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early days: Forming up for the opposing team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

When the HMB first started performing for football games, they would march onto the field, much as they enter the field today, followed by a flag raising ceremony, and then they would not only play the opposing team’s fight song; they would also perform drill to accompany. Both the fight songs and drill were homemade\u2014they didn’t borrow charts or drill from visiting teams, as that would have been extremely difficult in the 1950s\u2014and a fair amount of care and welcome was placed on the practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, this salute concluded with recognizing the home team, with “On Iowa” and later, “The Iowa Fight Song” at full volume with a large block or pennant IOWA formation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wisconsin v Iowa, Oct. 19, 1957<\/a><\/figcaption>
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